The War of the Rebellion: v. 1-53 [serial no. 1-111] Formal reports, both Union and Confederate, of the first seizures of United States property in the southern states, and of all military operations in the field, with the correspondence, order and returns relating specially thereto. 1880-1898. 111 vU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Confederate States of America Official records produced by the armies of the United States and the Confederacy, and the executive branches of their respective governments, concerning the military operations of the Civil War, and prisoners of war or prisoners of state. Also annual reports of military departments, calls for troops, correspondence between national and state governments, correspondence between Union and Confederate officials. The final volume includes a synopsis, general index, special index for various military divisions, and background information on how these documents were collected and published. Accompanied by an atlas. |
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... ( Received Headquarters Memphis , August 17 , 1863. ) Our cavalry , 1,500 strong , have been out five days . Their return is looked for to - morrow . From information received here I judge the enemy were too much scattered to harm them ...
... ( Received Headquarters Memphis , August 17 , 1863. ) Our cavalry , 1,500 strong , have been out five days . Their return is looked for to - morrow . From information received here I judge the enemy were too much scattered to harm them ...
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... received orders to send forward the other section of the battery , all under the command of Captain Perkins , Ninth Illinois Cavalry , and by order of the lieutenant - colonel commanding I proceeded with the balance of my command to the ...
... received orders to send forward the other section of the battery , all under the command of Captain Perkins , Ninth Illinois Cavalry , and by order of the lieutenant - colonel commanding I proceeded with the balance of my command to the ...
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... ( Received 22d . ) Major - General HURLBUT , * Memphis : I think from all accounts that Steele is sufficiently strong . All your available forces should be sent to Corinth and Tuscumbia to operate against Bragg should he attempt to turn ...
... ( Received 22d . ) Major - General HURLBUT , * Memphis : I think from all accounts that Steele is sufficiently strong . All your available forces should be sent to Corinth and Tuscumbia to operate against Bragg should he attempt to turn ...
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... received . The general commanding directs you to move Generals Negley and Sheridan this way . Send a brigade to relieve Crittenden and hold Gordon's Mills . Perhaps Sheridan may be spared to move up that way and be ready for emergencies ...
... received . The general commanding directs you to move Generals Negley and Sheridan this way . Send a brigade to relieve Crittenden and hold Gordon's Mills . Perhaps Sheridan may be spared to move up that way and be ready for emergencies ...
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... received , publicly commented on by the General - in- Chief , and its publication authorized by the Secretary of War , with- out passing through me or being submitted to me , according to military custom and usage , for my remarks ...
... received , publicly commented on by the General - in- Chief , and its publication authorized by the Secretary of War , with- out passing through me or being submitted to me , according to military custom and usage , for my remarks ...
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advance aide-de-camp ammunition artillery Assistant Adjutant-General attack Battalion battle of Chickamauga Brannan Brig Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain captured cavalry Chattanooga road Chickamauga Colonel column Commissioned officers Company Crawfish Spring Creek Crittenden crossing CUMBERLAND Davis direction enemy enemy's engaged Enlisted fall back fight fire force forward Fourteenth Army Corps front gade Gordon's Mills guns HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT heavy hill honor Illinois immediately Indiana Battery Indiana Volunteers instant Kentucky killed left flank Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Lookout Mountain loss Major-General mand marched McCook miles morning moved Negley night o'clock obedient servant Ohio Volunteer Infantry pickets rallied rear rebel received orders regiment respectfully retired Reynolds ridge right flank Ringgold Rosecrans Rossville Second Brigade Second Division sent September 19 September 20 Sheridan skirmishers soon staff Tenn Tennessee River Third Brigade Third Division Thomas troops Twentieth Army Corps Twenty-first Army Corps Valley woods wounded yards